Education

1975-79 Volksschule Flachau, Austria.
1979-83 Hauptschule Altenmarkt, Austria.

Awards / Nominations / Shortlistings / Festival Screenings

2013 Channels Festival - ACMI, Melbourne - ['Motion Portrait #1' - selected for screening]
2011 M.I.C.A TonBild 2011 Vienna [Winner Best Audiovisual Work - 'Motion Portrait #1']
2009 Arts Queensland Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship [shortlisted]
2008 Arts Queensland Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship [shortlisted]
1999 Aria Award [Winner for Best Alternative Release - 'Sand On Seven']
1999 Aria Award [Nominated for Breakthrough Artist Single - 'Sich Öffnen']
1999 Aria Award [Nominated for Breakthrough Artist Album - 'Sand On Seven']

Exhibitions

2014 'Sunken Houses' [collaborative exhibition with Brad Marsellos] Bundaberg Regional Gallery, Australia.
2013 'Score for a Mineral Landscape' [collaborative Installation with Allyson Reynolds] Moreton Bay Regional Gallery, Australia.
2013 'Sisyphus/Unlearning' [graphite-on-paper] Jamie's, Brisbane, Australia. 
2012 'Auflösung' [Exhibition] at Kapitelplatz, Salzburg, Austria.
2012 'The Way We Are' [Composer / Sound Design] commissioned for WIJkonmie Tarwewjik Exhibition and Symposium, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2009 'Five Frames [Visual Poetry / Mixed Media] Group Exhibition - Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane, Australia.

Curation

2014 'minus20degree' [Curator of short-film program within outdoor installation] a collaboration with TD Architects,  Flachau, Austria.
2012 '- 20º Cinema' [Curator of short-film program within outdoor installation] a collaboration with TD Architects,  Flachau, Austria.
2008 'Out of the Shadows: German Expressionism and Beyond' [Curator / Performer of musical accompaniment for three month silent film season at Gallery Of Modern Art (GoMA)] Brisbane, Australia.

Films / Scores

2013 'Health' [single channel video, stereo audio]
2013 'Sleep' [single channel video, stereo audio]
2013 'Prologue: South'[single channel video, stereo audio]
2012 'The Way Way We Are' - Animated Short Film by TD Productions [Composer and Sound Design: Heinz Riegler] 
2011 '60 Seconds In Flachau' [single channel video, stereo audio]
2011 'Motion Portrait #1' [single channel video, stereo audio]
2011 'BNE 6:07AM' - Short Film by Paul W Rankin [Composer: Heinz Riegler]

Releases / Live Performances 

2014 'Bundaberg Regional Gallery' ['Score for Sunken Houses', live performance]
2013 'Sound Summit 2013' [live performance] Sydney, Australia
2013 'Open Frame 2013' [live performance] Brisbane, Australia
2013 'Sleep Health' [Audio LP] release on A Guide To Saints / Room40.
2013 'Score for a Mineral Landscame' [100 page full colour hardcover book, with Allyson Reynolds], ISBN: 978-0-9871970-9-2
2013 'Score for a Mineral Landscape' [Vinyl LP] release on Alsergrund.
2012 'Survey #2 (One Thousand Dreams I Never Had) [Audio LP] release on A Guide To Saints / Room40.
2011 'Lawrence English's Lonley Women's Club' [collaborative performance] London, UK.
2010 'I/O3, David Toop and Scanner [live performance - as member of group I/O3] London, Uk.
2010 'And The Lovers Make A Scene, Andy Looks Up At The Sky' [Audio SP] released on Alsergrund.
2009-10 Multiple live performances in Australia [solo performances as well as in group I/O3].
2009 'Survey #1' [Audio EP] released on Alsergrund.
2008 Multiple live performances in Australia [solo performances as well as in group I/O3].
2005 'Nightstick - Three Way' [Audio SP - as member of group Nightstick] released on Strictly Records.
2004-06 Multiple live performances in Australia [as member of groups Nightstick and I/O3].
2004 'Nightstick - Self Titled' [Audio EP - as member of group Nightstick] released on Dot Dash.
2002 'Toop, Scanner and I/O3 - A Picturesque View, Ignored' [Audio LP - as member of group I/O3] released on Room 40.
2001 'I/O3 - I/O3 Meets Dj Olive' [Audio LP - as member of group I/O3] released on Room 40.
2001 'Not From There - Frisco Disco' [Audio SP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious (UK, Europe), Mushroom (Australia), Kool Arrow (USA), Sony BMG (Asia). 
2001 'Not From There - Latvian Lovers' [Audio LP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious (UK, Europe), Mushroom (Australia), Kool Arrow (USA), Sony BMG (Asia).
2000-03 Multiple live performances in Australia, USA, Japan [as member of groups Not From There and I/O3].
2000 'Not From There - Sticky Wes' [Audio SP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious (UK, Europe), Mushroom (Australia), Kool Arrow (USA), Sony BMG (Asia). 
1999 Multiple live performances in Australia and New Zealand [as member of groups Not From There and I/O3]
1999 'Not From There - Juanita's Cocktail Party [Audio SP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious (UK, Europe), Mushroom (Australia), Kool Arrow (USA), Sony BMG (Asia). 
1998 Multiple live performances in Australia [as member of group Not From There] 
1998 'Not From There - Sand On Seven' [Audio LP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious (UK, Europe), Mushroom (Australia), Kool Arrow (USA), Sony BMG (Asia). 
1998 'Not From There - Sich Öffnen [Audio SP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious / Mushroom.
1998 'Not From There - What Is Better' [Audio SP - as songwriter and performer with group Not From There] released on Infectious / Mushroom.
1997 Multiple live performances in Australia [as member of Not From There].
1997 'Not From There - Self Titled - [Audio EP - as songwriter / performer with group Not From There] released on Malignant.
1994-97 Multiple live performances in Australia [as member of group Not From There].
1994 'Valid To 06/95' [Audio EP - as songwriter/performer with group Not From There] released on Malignant.
1991-93 Multiple live performances [as member of group Not From There] in UK, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic. 
1991 'Conned' [Audio EP - as songwriter / performer with group Not From There] released on Trinity.
1989-90 Multiple live performances in UK and Europe [as member of group Not From There].
1989 'Polished Wooden Floors" [Audio EP - as songwriter / performer with group Not From There] released on Trinity.

Selected Publications

Chris Yates - Time Off Magazine 'Top 10 Singles Of 2010'; January 2011, p 12.
Mike Hobart - Financial Times, 'Live Performance Review, Cafe Oto'; London UK, 8 November 2010.
Noel Mengel - The Courier Mail, 'Vinyl Revival Verges On Artform'; 8 October 2010, p 20.
Ian Rogers  - Collapse Board [online], 'Songs About Brisbane'; 21 October 2010.
Andrew McMillen - Mess And Noise [online], 'Heinz Riegler at Brisbane Powerhouse'; 12 September 2009.
Andrew Stafford - 'Pig City - From The Saints To Savage Garden'; ISBN13: 9780702235610, 1 May 2006, p 325.
Joe Tangari - Pitchfork Magazine [online], 'A Picturesque View, Ignored', 13 August 2003.
Dino Scatena - Daily Telegraph, 'Saturday Night Fever'; 15 June 2001, p 16.
Allison White - The Courier Mail, 'The Anti Nowhere League'; 19 June 2001, p 3-4.
Samantha Clode, Juice, 'This Is The New Sound'; March 2001, p 27.
Allison White - The Courier Mail Pulse, 'Sticky Sweet'; 24 November 2000, p 3.
Erin Potts - Milarepa Fund, 'Tibetan Freedom Concert';  3 June 1999, p 22.
Andrew Stafford, Rolling Stone, 'Most Powerful Release Of The Year'; December 1998, p 138.
Craig Mathieson - Sydney Morning Herald, 'Origin Unknown'; 27 November 1998.
Andrew Masterson, The Age, 'Album Of The Week'; 25 September 1998, p 8.
Mercedes Florez, Sunday Telegraph, 'Street Wired'; 30 November 1997, p 12.
Mark Fraser, Drum Media, 'Sheer Endurance', November 1997.
Mario Jandrokovic, Salzburger Nachrichten, 'Rock-Geholze mit Raffinement'; 29 September 1992, p 14.  
Xavier Gaztetxe, Elgin, 'No De Alli'; 27 July 1992, p 25.